Undergraduate Course: Security Engineering (UG) (INFR11228)
Course Outline
| School | School of Informatics |
College | College of Science and Engineering |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Year 4 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 10 |
ECTS Credits | 5 |
| Summary | This course follows the delivery and assessment of Security Engineering (INFR11208) exactly. Undergraduate students must register for this course, while MSc students must register for INFR11208 instead. |
| Course description |
This course follows the delivery and assessment of Security Engineering (INFR11208) exactly. Undergraduate students must register for this course, while MSc students must register for INFR11208 instead.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
It is RECOMMENDED that students have passed
Computer Security (INFR10067)
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | Students MUST NOT also be taking
Security Engineering (INFR11208)
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Other requirements | This course follows the delivery and assessment of Security Engineering (INFR11208) exactly. Undergraduate students must register for this course, while MSc students must register for INFR11208 instead.
We assume a basic understanding of access controls, cryptography and security protocols, as well as of usability and distributed systems. A student who has not taken courses on these topics, must become familiar with the material by reading chapters 1-7, 9 and 11 of Ross Anderson's Security Engineering (3rd Edition) before the start of this course. |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | MSc students must register for this course, while Undergraduate students must register for INFR11228 instead.
We assume a basic understanding of access controls, cryptography and security protocols, as well as of usability and distributed systems. A student who has not taken courses on these topics, must become familiar with the material by reading chapters 1-7, 9 and 11 of Ross Anderson's Security Engineering (3rd Edition) before the start of this course. |
| High Demand Course? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2025/26, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Semester 2 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
100
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Lecture Hours 16,
Feedback/Feedforward Hours 3,
Summative Assessment Hours 2,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
77 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
70 %,
Coursework
30 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Feedback |
We will provide feedback on the threat modelling assessment. We will also provide in person feedback during problem classes. |
| Exam Information |
| Exam Diet |
Paper Name |
Minutes |
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| Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May) | Security Engineering (INFR11208 and INFR11228) | 120 | |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- identify ways of attacking a real-world system, leading to a threat model, a security policy, protection goals and assurance targets
- use adversarial thinking to analyse the relationships between threats, hazards, actors and defence mechanisms
- compare and synthesise the perspectives of different system stakeholders and threat actors, using economic and psychological viewpoints as well as technical ones
- demonstrate critical thinking about unsolved problems, residual risk and emerging threats as systems scale or their environment changes
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Reading List
| Ross Anderson, Security Engineering: A Guide to Building Dependable Distributed Systems, Wiley (Third Edition 2020) |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Daniel Woods
Tel:
Email: daniel.woods@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Toni Noble
Tel: (0131 6)50 2692
Email: Toni.noble@ed.ac.uk |
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